3:00 AM ET South Africa A 246 for 8 (Second 94, Erwee 47, Siraj 3-56) v India A Mohammed Siraj made a couple of early inroads Getty Images While India were locked in a riveting contest with England at Edgbaston, fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Navdeep Saini made inroads for the A team against South Africa A in a less-intense setting at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. The two quicks swung the new…
9:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli has asked India’s top-order batsmen to learn from their team-mates in the lower-order after a nail-biting 31-run defeat to England at Edgbaston. Although Kohli himself had a great Test, scoring 200 runs, with considerable help from Nos. 9, 10 and 11, the other four specialist batsmen put together made a mere 99. So when asked what the biggest takeaway for India was in…
Sam Curran pulls during his counter-attacking half-century © Getty Images A pulsating Edgbaston Test may have been lit up by a masterful batting contribution from an all-time great in Virat Kohli, and sealed on the final morning by a three-wicket burst from England’s premier allrounder, Ben Stokes. And yet, the Man of the Match award went to a 20-year-old rookie in only his second Test – and the recipient, Sam…
7:57 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff An emotionally spent Ben Stokes admitted that “playing for England means so much” after his final-day heroics with the ball secured his team a thrilling 31-run victory in the first Test at Edgbaston. Stokes’ participation in the remainder in the second Test at Lord’s – and beyond – will depend on how his trial for affray develops, when the case gets underway at Bristol Crown…
7:21 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ishant Sharma has earned a demerit point and a fine of 15% of his match fee for his send-off to Dawid Malan in England’s second innings at Edgbaston. The Level 1 offence violated Article 2.1.7 of ICC’s code of conduct, which relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batsman upon his/her dismissal during an…
6:28 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka have done some soul-searching. It was perhaps overdue, given the number of ODIs they have lost over the past 19 months. But even if there are only 10 months to go until the World Cup, it has finally happened, and problems have been identified. Essentially, Sri Lanka have been left behind in a format they were once pioneers in, and must now…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Try as they might, Sri Lanka can’t seem to put together a competent ODI performance against South Africa. In the first ODI of the series, the batsmen failed spectacularly. In the second, they hauled themselves to a competitive score, only for fielders to drop near-undroppable catches early in South Africa’s chase, in addition to producing several other acts of fielding slapstick. The moment Sri Lanka…
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© AFP Big Picture West Indies will go into the second T20I in Fort Lauderdale armed with the confidence that their big hitting and aggressive bowling are firing in tandem, presenting a challenge even greater for a Bangladesh side that hasn’t been able to sustain its success for any measurable period through this tour. As always, much of Bangladesh’s hopes would fall on their four senior batsmen, but there’s a…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Glamorgan 201 for 6 (Meschede 77*, Howell 3-39) beat Gloucestershire 199 for 9 (Taylor 52, Hogan 3-31, van der Gugten 3-54)Scorecard There was a pulsating finish at Sophia Gardens, where Gloucestershire, mainly through the efforts of Jack Taylor, got within three runs of beating Glamorgan. AJ Tye, having hit the previous ball for six, missed the last, and Timm van der Gugten, having also…